Year 4

Welcome to the Year 4 Class Page. We hope that you are regular visitors so we can keep you up to date with what we have been learning, any class news and other key activities or events that may be taking place. We will regularly update the page with photos of children's work and their learning. All letters relevant to Year 4 will also be added.

If you have any questions or queries that you'd like to discuss, please don't hesitate to contact us via the School Office, either in person, phone or via email.

Who's Who

Mrs Gough

Mrs Freed

Mrs Burrows (Teaching Assistant)

Spring Term 2 Information (13.2.19)

After the half term, children will be learning Quicksticks Hockey in their PE lessons. They will need shin pads to be able to take part. Please ensure your child has these in school.

Just a reminder that children will need a copy of Stig of the Dump as we are using this as our class text.

We have a class trip planned later in the term, further information on this will be sent out in an email soon.

Mountains Homework (13.2.19)

WOW! Some fabulous homework has been handed in. Mrs Freed and I have enjoyed looking at the children's efforts.

Ethan

Leon

Charlotte

Harry

Euan

Polly 1

Maths (12.2.19)

This week in Maths, we have been investigating the relationship between fractions. Children made their own fraction walls.

They also played a game - have a look at the image below and ask your child what it is showing:

Year 4 Hall of Fame (11.2.19)

Star Writer: Dewi

Maths Magician: Ethan - fantastic equivalent fractions!

Mathletics Champion: Amber and Isabelle achieved Bronze this week

No Praise Bench this week due to Cyber Cafe

Safer Internet Day 2019 (5.2.19)

Ask your child what they have been learning at school today. Can they tell you what the SMART acronym is for?

They are looking forward to showing you some of the things they have learnt in their videos at the Cyber Cafe on Friday.

Take a look at some of the videos they have produced:

Sam, Adam and Herbie

Connie, Charlotte and Maisie

Sophie, Isabel and Imogen

Aiden, Logan and Dewi

Amelia, Bella and Ella

Harry, Noah and Euan

Polly, Milly and Max

Edith, Archie and Amber

Douglas, Ethan and Laurence

Darcy, Leah and Delilah

Darcy, Delilah and Leah

Leon, George and Horace

Literacy (4.2.19)

For the past week in Literacy we have been analysing the poem 'The Magic Box' by the poet Kit Wright. Children have been using their senses to describe concrete and abstract ideas. They have explored language features such as onomatopeia and alliteration and how the poet has used these to create imagery within the poem.

This week, children are beginning to use the structure of the poem to write their own version.

Year 4 Hall of Fame (4.2.19)

Mountain Snacks (4.2.19)

A huge thank you to all the parents/carers who provided all the ingredients. It was a very messy but fun afternoon, and some of the snacks didn't taste too bad! Sugary products seemed to feature in a lot of their products despite the design brief specifying the word 'healthy'!

The children had to work together in their groups to prepare their snacks, including thinking of how to work safely and consider personal hygiene. Some of their washing up was not quite up to hotel standards and they were sent back to wash again! After making the snacks, they had to tidy and clean their area and work surfaces.

See the photos below of the work in progress:

Year 4 Hall of Fame 28.1.19

Star Writer: Eadie

Maths Magician: Dewi

Mathletics Champion: George

Values: Indiana

Growth Mindset: Horace

Behaviour: Edith

Area 28.1.19

This week in Maths, we are counting squares to find the area of rectilinear shapes.

Division 22.1.19

This week in Maths we are exploring at division. Children have been using counters to represent the calculations pictorially.

Ask your child to explain it to you and show you using the part whole model.

Reading Rewards 21.1.19

This week we are launching our new Reading Rewards scheme. All children are given a Bronze bookmark. There are 20 spaces for parents/carers to sign your initials each time you hear your child read aloud to you (no more than once per day).

On completion, children will receive a certificate and 5 housepoints.

Children will move on to the Silver and Gold bookmarks.

Reading is such a vital skill, it is important that children read as much as possible in order to make good progress, both in their decoding and in their understanding of the text. Please ensure that you hear your child read at least 5 times per week. This should be recorded in their Reading Record.Adults do hear your child read at school, however this will no longer be recorded in Reading Records, as we will keep at record of their progress at school.

Year 4 Hall of Fame 21.1.19

Star Writer: Maisie

Maths Magician: Adam

Mathletics Champion: Isabel

Values: Charlottw

Growth Mindset: Logan

Behaviour: Sophie

Design Technology 19.1.19

In the upcoming weeks, children will be designing and making their own healthy snack. Their brief is to design and make a snack suitable for a hiker who is on an expedition to scale a mountain.

Please can you save any snack wrappers and send into school with your child so that children can start to research what is currently available on the market and possible ingredient ideas.

Many Thanks

Mrs Gough

Forest School 15.1.19

Literacy 14.1.19

Over the next few weeks, children are going to retelling the story 'Lighthouse'. They are thinking carefully about their word choices in order to build tension and create the mood through their writing.

Watch the video below to see the story.

The Lighthouse Keeper

Mountain Survival Day (7.1.19)

Year 4 went on an expedition to the mountains! Firstly, they had a go at building a dome tent and a shelter using just a tarpaulin, bean canes and string. They then did some orienteering, first learning how to use a compass and then using the compasses to help solve the clues on a scavenger hunt.

Finally, they had the following scenarios, where they had to work as a team to discuss the following:

Scenario Part 1: Mountain Survival

You and a group of 12 tourists have been involved in a plane crash on Mount Everest. The pilot has been killed. You have no idea of your location and the conditions are extremely cold. You have limited food and water and some basic items that have survived the crash.

You are surrounded by steep rocks. You must decide what the best course of action is.

Look at the list of options and decide which plan is in the best interests of the group.

Establish the crash site as the permanent base camp & use the plane for shelter

Begin walking for help as a group on the third day

Begin walking for help as a group immediately

Burn the plane as a signal

Have the strongest member of the group go for help while the others stay at the crash site

Have signals ready for search and rescue

Keep the group together at all times

Build a compound to protect the group from animals, snakes and wolves

Based on your discussions now decide if you walk for help or wait for help to arrive.

Scenario Part 2: PLANE CRASH SURVIVAL

You and your 12 companions have just survived the crash of a small plane. The pilot was killed in the crash. It is mid-January, and you are in a mountainous area. The daily temperature is 25 below zero, and the night time temperature is 40 below zero. There is snow on the ground, and the countryside is wooded with several creeks criss-crossing the area. The nearest town is 20 miles away. You are all dressed in school clothes.

Your group of survivors managed to salvage the following items:

A ball of steel wool

A small axe

A loaded pistol

Newspapers (one per person)

Cigarette lighter (without fluid)

Can of shaving foam

Extra shirt and pants for each survivor

20 x 20 ft. piece of heavy-duty canvas

A sectional air map made of plastic

A compass

Family-size chocolate bars (one per person)

Your task as a group is to list the above items in order of importance for your survival. List the uses for each. You MUST come to agreement as a group.

The discussions were very interesting and I am afraid to say, not many children would have survived very long! It was very cold, but lots of fun. Photographs to follow. They children are looking forward to learning more about how mountains were formed and what life is like in the mountains.

Citizenship Award December 2018

Congratulations to Noah Batchelor-Hannaby who was nominated by the class to receive the Citizenship Award. He is always kind to everyone and is a great friend to have.